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Senior Visual Designer, Android XR

🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America

Lead design projects across the portfolio of XR devices and experiences, developing user-centric solutions. Communicate designs to build excitement and consensus across teams, and gain support for design strategy across stakeholders.

Onsite$159,000 - $231,000Full-timeSenior
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Senior Graphic Designer

🇰🇿 Almaty, Kazakhstan

The role involves creating high-quality design assets across digital and print while collaborating on integrated campaigns. The designer will bridge design and technology to deliver user-centered experiences and prototype rapidly to test ideas.

Full-timeSenior
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Senior Product Designer

🇸🇪 Stockholm, Stockholm County, Sweden

As a Senior Product Designer, you will own the design process from problem framing to shipped screens, working on features used by hundreds of thousands of people. You will lead workshops and collaborate with various teams to define design challenges and solutions.

HybridFull-timeSenior
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Senior Digital Design Manager – Paid Media (All Genders)

🇪🇸 Madrid, Spain

The Senior Digital Design Manager will take ownership of creative performance across paid media, ensuring conceptual development and execution of campaigns. They will drive improvements in quality, speed, and effectiveness while managing end-to-end creative delivery.

Hybrid$60,000 - $80,000Full-timeSenior
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Senior Engineer, Mechanical Design Engineering

🇹🇭 Si Maha Phot, Si Maha Phot District, Thailand

The Senior Engineer will provide in-depth analysis for critical failures related to servo-mechanical issues and facilitate engineering evaluations on design changes. They will also lead task forces to address critical issues and ensure standardization across manufacturing sites.

Onsite$60,000 - $80,000Full-timeEntry Level
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Senior Graphic Designer

🇬🇧 Bristol, City of Bristol, England, United Kingdom

Lead the creative development and execution of integrated marketing campaigns across digital, print, and social media for global education brands. Mentor junior designers and collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate strategic briefs into impactful visual solutions.

Hybrid$80,000 - $110,000Full-timeSenior
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Sr. UI/UX Designer

🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America

The Senior Website UI/UX Designer will design intuitive and scalable digital experiences across the web ecosystem, collaborating with various teams. This role involves creating user-centered website experiences and evolving design systems while transforming complex requirements into elegant interfaces.

Onsite$135,000 - $198,000Full-timeSenior
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Sr. UI/UX Designer

🇺🇸 Sunnyvale, California, United States of America

The Senior Website UI/UX Designer will design intuitive and scalable digital experiences across the web ecosystem, collaborating with various teams. This role involves creating user-centered website experiences and evolving design systems while transforming complex requirements into elegant interfaces.

Onsite$135,000 - $198,000Full-timeSenior
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Sr. UI/UX Designer

🇺🇸 Bellevue, Washington, United States of America

The Senior Website UI/UX Designer will design intuitive and scalable digital experiences across the web ecosystem, collaborating with various teams. This role involves creating user-centered website experiences and evolving design systems while transforming complex requirements into elegant interfaces.

Onsite$135,000 - $198,000Full-timeSenior
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Sr. UI/UX Designer

🇺🇸 Dallas, Texas, United States of America

The Senior Website UI/UX Designer will design intuitive and high-performing digital experiences across the web ecosystem. This role involves collaborating with various teams to create user-centered website experiences and evolve design systems.

Onsite$135,000 - $198,000Full-timeSenior
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Sr. UI/UX Designer

🇺🇸 Livingston, NJ 07039, United States of America

The Senior Website UI/UX Designer will design intuitive and scalable digital experiences across the web ecosystem, collaborating with various teams. This role involves creating user-centered website experiences and evolving design systems while transforming complex requirements into elegant interfaces.

Onsite$135,000 - $198,000Full-timeSenior
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Sr. UI/UX Designer

🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America

The Senior Website UI/UX Designer will design intuitive and high-performing digital experiences across the web ecosystem, collaborating with various teams. This role involves creating user-centered website experiences and evolving design systems.

$135,000 - $198,000Full-timeSenior
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Lead Product Designer, Family Experience

🇺🇸 United States of America

Lead the end-to-end product design for the Consumer Experience, transforming complex senior care decisions into intuitive digital workflows. Partner with cross-functional leaders to shape consumer journeys and leverage AI tools to increase design velocity and quality.

Onsite$165,000 - $185,000Full-timeSenior
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Senior Product Designer, Consumer

🇦🇷 Buenos Aires, Comuna 1, Argentina

Own end-to-end design for core consumer crypto experiences across mobile and web platforms. Collaborate with Product and Engineering teams to simplify complex blockchain concepts into intuitive user journeys.

HybridFull-timeSenior
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UX Designer, Senior

🇺🇸 Oakland, California, United States of America

The Senior UX Designer will collaborate with internal stakeholders to design digital product solutions that address user needs and pain points in the healthcare sector. The role involves defining and designing technology products to improve the overall healthcare experience.

Hybrid$115,816 - $173,848Full-timeSenior
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About Design Leadership careers

Design leaders in 2026 set the strategic vision for design organizations navigating an AI-saturated market. This role requires a balance of craft expertise and high-level business acumen to advocate for design's value at the executive level.

Effective leaders foster a culture of technical agency, establishing systems that allow human creativity and machine efficiency to coexist.

Companies like Stripe and Airbnb seek VPs and Directors of Design who can scale teams and align design strategy with long-term business objectives.

We feature senior leadership positions including Design Directors, Heads of Design, VP of Design, Chief Design Officers, and design team leads at companies like Meta, Google, Airbnb, Stripe, and fast-growing AI companies like OpenAI and Anthropic. These roles span product design, brand, and cross-functional design organizations.

Many companies offer remote design leadership roles, including distributed-first companies like Notion, Linear, GitLab, and Vercel. AI companies like Midjourney and Anthropic also hire remote design leaders. Some companies prefer hybrid arrangements for VP+ positions.

Most positions require 8–15+ years of design experience with 3–5+ years managing teams. Strong candidates demonstrate strategic thinking, team building, stakeholder management, and a track record of shipping successful products at companies like Figma, Spotify, Netflix, or emerging AI startups. Browse leadership portfolios to see how experienced designers showcase their impact.

Design leadership salaries are highly competitive: Design Directors earn $160k–$240k, VPs of Design $220k–$350k+, and CDOs at major companies can exceed $400k with significant equity packages. AI companies like OpenAI, Anthropic, and Databricks often offer premium total compensation. Consult our salary guide for detailed breakdowns.